Nurnberg: Christoph Weigel, n.d. (c. 1700?). Hardcover. Very Good+. Period red boards, rebacked; 12mo (160x97mm); unpaginated, [4], 50 leaves, hand-colored engraved plates throughout. In custom cloth clamshell. Boards a bit rubbed, and bumped along the edges. Some light foxing, and just a little soiling here and there. A lovely children's book in three parts, including an alphabet and two sections comprising an Orbis Pictus, with text in German, French, Italian, and Latin. N.d., but Weigel was actively publishing children's books from 1700-1725. Discreet ownership signature of Bertha Holbrook on FFEP.

Amsterdam: Schenk & Valk, c.1700, Original colour. 380 x 500mm. Library label pasted top right of verso. Decorative map of Cheshire, published in Blaeu's 'Atlas Major', with pictorial cartouches for the title and scale and a banderole of coats of arms. Pasted on the reverse is the bookplate of the Duke of York, bearing the motto of the Chivalric English Order of the Garter, 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense' and the initials D.Y., with 'Vol. 51, No. 80.' added underneath. The map was apparently bound into a large composite atlas, as noted by the volume number, probably by Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739-67, younger brother of George III), from maps already in his family's collection.

Amsterdam, Pieter Mortier, c.1700. Coloured. Two sheets conjoined, total 900 x 620mm. Trimmed within printed borders at sides, false margins added with mss. fill. A large and decorative map of Ireland, from Mortier's issue of Jaillot's 'Atlas Nouveau', with fine baroque title and scale cartouches and an inset showing Ireland's position it relation to the rest of the British Isles. It is based on Sanson's map, which Jaillot had redrawn on a larger scale at the request of Sanson's heirs. BONAR LAW: 40, state iii of iv.

Augsburg 1700 - A Rare and Exceptional 17th Century Wall Map of The Holy Land(MAP) KOLLER (J.G.). Iudaea seu Terra Sancta, quae Hebraerorum [sic] sive Israelitarum Terra in suas duodecim tribus divisa. [Augsburg, c. 1700]. Large folding engraved wall map in 3 sheets joined, with added title in German. Spectacular image size measures 24 1/2 inches x 47 inches. Old hand coloring. Some expert repairs and strengthening of centerfolds. Exquisitely floated and framed with archival linen matting. Very Good condition. LARGE DECORATIVE MAP OF THE HOLY LAND RARELY SEEN ON THE MARKET. This map is oriented toward the East (at the top), with the Mediterranean Sea along the bottom. Two inset maps at the top corners show the travels of Abraham and the wanderings of the Israelites during the Exodus from Egypt. Important place names and decorative motifs throughout.The eight square feet measurement, combined with unusual beauty and the fact that this is likely a separate publication not found in any atlas or Bible, makes this map highly desirable and important. Published under the patronage of Fr. Caccia, commissioner-general for the Holy Land in the Holy Roman Empire (c. 1690-1700), this map is not found in any of the standard carto-bibliographies of Laor, Röhricht, Tobler, and British Library Maps. Rare and beautiful!

Altkolorierter Kupferstich v. Guilllaume De L'Isle in Paris, dat. 1700, 48 x 61 Burden, The Mapping of North America, 761, state 2. second state, with correctly located mouth of the Mississippi River, but still with Rue de Canettes imprint and the date 1700. - Rare first state of the De L'Isle's highly important map of North America. - The first state of De L'Isle's map of North America is a widely celebrated cartographic landmark. - Most notably, De L'Isle's map is the first map to revert to the treatment of California as a peninsula, based upon reports received from Fra. Eusebio Kino. - Tooley referred to the map as "a foundation map.and the first to revert to a peninsular form of California" (Tooley, "French Mapping of the Americas" in The Mapping of America, p. 19). - Because of De L'Isle's access to the information from French explorers in the New World at a time when the French dominated the explorations of the interior of the continent, De L'Isle's maps were invariably updated and innovative in their content. - While his first regional maps did not appear until 1703 (Carte du Mexique et de la Floride. and Carte du Canada ou de la Nouvelle France) and 1718 (Carte de la Louisiane et du cours de Mississipi. ), this map represents De L'Isle's first work on America and was extremely influential on other maps of the period, both for what it includes and as a snapshot of the knowledge available to De L'Isle in the 3 years immediately prior to his issuing the regional maps. The example offered here is the historically referred to as the first state (cartouche with cartograph
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Unknown, 1700. Leaf. Good. Rare Single Leaf - Double Sided. Handwritten in Arabic with watercolor of three men. Penciled in lines at the edges of the writing. Signed by the artist. Possibly printed in the Ottoman Empire. Circa 1700 or earlier. Condition: Good, age toning, foxing, light chipping at the edges. Framed in a glass double sided frame.

late 1700's - early 1800's. <p>Rare 7.75" x 6.5" neck collar with a 2" x 1.5" central area upon which the slave buyer could identify his purchases from the Tribal Chiefs who would transport his purchases from the interior of Africa to the buyer's ship docked on the coast. The circumference of the collar is approximately 1.25". Wrought iron patina is consistent from the period in its present rusted condition.<br></p><p>Deaccessioned from a museum. From the letter of authenticity, in part, <i>"This is an early collar in which the construction is consistent with the period and the unnamed Dealer had direct dealings with the Tribal Chiefs in order to remove large quantities of Africans from their homeland��</i></p><p><i>"This type of slave collar did not have any locking mechanism. While on the West Coast of Africa, this type of slave collar was heated in a fire to open the device, then the item was fitted around the en-slaved African's neck. These Africans wearing this type of Slave collar would have been sold among one of the Caribbean Countries in which England dominated the Save trade at that time. </i></p><p><i>"This is to certify that the Slave Collar accompanying this certificate is authentic as described, and was carefully researched through all available sources of information including the collection at National Museum & Galleries on Merseyside. This is an historical piece of history from the African Slave Trade during the 1700s-early 1800s. Provenance: Drain Collection: Waterboro, SC" </i></p>

[Edinburgh?], 1700. First Edition. [20], 60, 145-165, 167-168, [1] p.. Contemporary brown paneled mottled calf, front hinge just starting. Bookplate of "John Percival, Earl of Egmont, 1736" an Irish peer who was the first Earl of Egmont who was heavily involved with the establishment of the Georgia colony, acted as its advocate in Parliament and, after Oglethorpe, is considered the person most resposible for its success. First Edition. [20], 60, 145-165, 167-168, [1] p. Variously attributed to James Hodges, Walter Harris, and Archibald Foyer. HALKETT AND LAING attribute it to James Hodges and add, "One Walter Herries was supposed by the Scots Parliament to have been the author of this Defence, which was ordered to be burnt by the hands of the hangman and the Lords of the Treasury were required to offer a reward of £6000 Scots for the arrest of the reputed author." The town of Darien, Ga. (Georgia's second oldest) was settled by 177 emigrants in the year 1736 and named after the Scottish Colony in Panama. Probably with help of this books owner John Percival.Preceded by:A Succinct Description of France, Wherein is a Character of the People, Customs, & C. of that Kingdom. [London], 1700. [8], 70 pp. Wing S6114A; ESTC R17433This is dedicated to Martin Lister, who had published a journal of his time in Paris in 1698.Followed by: Lloyd, William (1627-1717). A Chronological Account of the Life of Pythagoras, and of other famous men his Contemporaries. With an epistle to the Rd Dr. Bentley, about Porphyry's and Jamblichus's lives of Pythagoras. By the right reverand father
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Amsterdam 18th century - Oil on canvas, 81.5 x 64cm. Inscribed "Abraham de Lontesano grand Rabin de Constantinople assistent à l'Université de jerusalem / fait par F. W. Güte" on the reverse. A fine oil painting featuring the renowned Greek Rabbi, Abraham ben Raphael Lonzano. Abraham ben Raphael Lonzano - sometimes spelled Lontesano - born around 1700 in Zakinthos, a Greek island, was a Kabbalist and Hebrew grammarian. He became known through his work on Hebrew grammar titled "Kinyan Avraham". Following anti-semitic attacks on the local population, Lonzano left the country and started travelling around Europe. He studied at the yeshivah "Ez Hayyim" in Amsterdam, where he likely met the artist. Eventually settling down in Prague, he criticized local yeshivah scholars for studying the Torah without knowledge of the Hebrew language. Lonzano wrote "Hamishah Kinyanim", a commentary to the Sefer Yezirah, the "Book of Formation / Creation". At the end of his life he converted to Christianity in the Prussian town of Idstein and adopted the name Willhelm Heinrich Neumann.